1938 in New Zealand
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Population
- Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,618,500 [1]
- Increase since 31/12/1937: 16,500 (1.03%)
- Males per 100 females: 103.2
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Government
The 25th New Zealand Parliament continues with the Labour Party in government. The general election in October results in the Labour government being returned for the 26th New Zealand Parliament.
- Speaker of the House - Bill Barnard (Labour Party)
- Prime Minister - Michael Joseph Savage
- Minister of Finance - Walter Nash
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - Michael Joseph Savage
- Attorney-General - Rex Mason
Parliamentary opposition
Main centre leaders
- Mayor of Auckland - Ernest Davis
- Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow then Harold David Caro
- Mayor of Wellington - Thomas Hislop
- Mayor of Christchurch - John Beanland then Robert M. Macfarlane
- Mayor of Dunedin - Edwin Thomas Cox then Andrew Henson Allen
Events
- 19 February: 21 people working on the Wairoa-Gisborne railway are drowned when a flash flood hits a works camp at Kopuawhara near Mahia.[4]
- The Times, formerly The Gisborne Times, is purchased by its opposition, The Poverty Bay Herald, which the following year becomes The Gisborne Herald.[5][6]
Arts and literature
See 1938 in art, 1938 in literature, Category:1938 books
Music
See: 1938 in music
Radio
See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand
Film
See: Category:1938 film awards, 1938 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1938 films
Sport
Basketball
An interprovincial championship is held even though there is no national association at this time.[7]
- Interpovincial Champions - Men: Otago
Chess
- The 47th National Chess Championship was held in Dunedin, and was won by S. Hindin of Christchurch.[8]
Golf
- The 28th New Zealand Open championship was won by A.D. Locke.[9]
- The 42nd National Amateur Championships were held in Otago [10]
- Men: JP.G.F. Smith (Akarana)
- Women - matchplay: Miss S. Collins
- Women - strokeplay: Mrs R. Fullerton-Smith
Horse racing
Harness racing
- New Zealand Trotting Cup: Morello [11]
- Auckland Trotting Cup: Navy Blue [12]
Rugby
Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks
Rugby league
New Zealand national rugby league team
Soccer
- The Chatham Cup is won by Waterside who beat Mosgiel 4—0 in the final.[13]
- Provincial league champions: [14]
- Auckland: North Shore United
- Canterbury: Nomads
- Hawke's Bay: Napier United
- Nelson: YMCA
- Otago: Mosgiel
- South Canterbury: Northern
- Southland: Invercargill Thistle
- Taranaki: Waitara
- Waikato: Hamilton Wanderers
- Wanganui: Marist
- Wellington: Waterside
Births
- 21 January: Jim Anderton, politician.
- 11 February: Bevan Congdon, cricketer.
- 24 February: Murray Hudson, soldier, winner of the George Cross.
- 26 May: Pauline Parker, convicted murderer.
- 12 July: Stanley Meads, rugby player.
- 24 July: John Sparling, cricketer.
- 29 July: Millie Khan, lawn bowler.
- 28 October (in England): Juliet Hulme, convicted murderer.
- 15 November: Peter Sinclair, radio and television host.
- 24 November: Wynne Bradburn, cricketer.
- 1 December: Bill Playle, cricketer.
- 2 December, Jonathan Hunt, politician and diplomat.
- 17 December: Peter Snell, athlete.
Unknown date
- Colin Beyer, lawyer and businessman.
- Ian Lawrence, mayor of Wellington.
Deaths
- 10 February: Sir Frederic Truby King, director of child welfare
Unknown date
- Alfred Brandon, Mayor of Wellington.
- James Whyte Kelly, politician.
See also
- List of years in New Zealand
- Timeline of New Zealand history
- History of New Zealand
- Military history of New Zealand
- Timeline of the New Zealand environment
- Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
References
- ↑ Statistics New Zealand:Historical Population Estimates
- ↑ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ↑ "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ↑ nzhistory.net.nz
- ↑ "Poverty Bay Herald". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
- ↑ Mackay, Joseph Angus (1949). "Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.: Earliest Journals and Their Founders".
- ↑ Todd, S. (1976) Sporting Records of New Zealand. Auckland: Moa Publications. ISBN 0-908570-00-7
- ↑ List of New Zealand Chess Champions
- ↑ "PGA European - Holden New Zealand Open". The Sports Network. 2005. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
- ↑ edited by A. H. McLintock (1966). "Men's Golf - National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
- ↑ List of NZ Trotting cup winners
- ↑ Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz
- ↑ Chatham Cup records, nzsoccer.com
- ↑ "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
External links
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